In the frozen outskirts of the solar system, a reddish dwarf planet orbits in silence. Known as Sedna, it is so distant that ...

While for most people Pluto is the most distant planet in the Solar System, things get a lot more fuzzy once you pass Neptune ...

Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...

Solar sails were first developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the 1960s and were demonstrated by Pioneer 10 in 1973. The graph below clearly shows that the efficiency of a solar sail ...

Sedna will reach its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, providing a remarkable space-faring opportunity that won’t come ...

Scientists have proposed two experimental spacecraft that could reach one of the farthest known objects in the solar system ...

A team of researchers has outlined how a new "direct fusion drive" propulsion system could allow us to reach Sedna this ...

The company held the first test deployment of its solar arrays designed to power solar-electric propulsion systems for the ...

Not satisfied with dominating race tracks and all manner of asphalt around the globe, Ferrari is now taking to the high seas ...

A trip on the boat, named Outram after Derbyshire engineer Benjamin Outram, really boosted my wellbeing for at least 45 minutes ...